Current Grantees

Earth Protection

Audubon Alaska - Anchorage, AK
"Conservation and the Future of the Tongass National Forest" power point development and presentations

Audubon Alaska's mission is the conservation of natural ecosystems, emphasizing birds and other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of present and future generations.

Center for Science in Public Participation - Bozeman, MT
Alaska Technical and Regulatory Support Program

The Center for Science in Public Participation provides objective research, education, and technical advice to grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, regulatory agencies, businesses, and indigenous communities on natural resources, especially those related to mining.

Environmental Law and Policy Center - Chicago, IL
Midwest Field Office expansion and operations

Environmental Law and Policy Center is the Midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization working to achieve sustainable energy strategies, promote sound transportation programs that produce cleaner air and more jobs, and protect natural resources to improve the quality of life in our communities.

Friends of Iowa Public Television Foundation - Johnston, IA
Connections to Science Project to provide upper elementary and middle school students exposure to female and minority science role models through participation in interactive educational opportunities via videoconferencing technologies

Iowa Public Television Foundation promotes giving to Iowa Public Television for educational, inspirational, enriching programming for Iowans.

Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development - Minneapolis, MN
Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative

Great Plains Institute brings together key public and private leaders to solve critical development issues, such as energy security, and to create sustainable solutions that simultaneously benefit people, business and the environment, today and in the future.

Iowa Environmental Council - Des Moines, IA
Energy Program

Iowa Environmental Council actively works in public policy to provide a safe, healthy environment for all Iowans.

Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation - Ames, IA
Renewable Energy Conferences for farmers to provide an overview of wind production, biomass and biofuels production, and financing options

Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation promotes a viable system of sustainable agriculture and high quality of life in rural communities through education of farmers, rural residents, and urban consumers; cooperation among farmers; community activism.

Iowa Renewable Energy Association - New York, NY
Energizing Iowa workshop series

I-Renew is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to promoting more implementation of renewable energy and energy conservation by educating Iowans to achieve long-term social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

The Nature Conservancy in Alaska
Coastal Forests Program

The Nature Conservancy mission is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

Promotion of Volunteerism and Philanthropy

Association of Small Foundations - Washington, DC
Lunch and Learn Programs

Association of Small Foundations is a membership organization of nearly 3,000 foundations with few or no staff. ASF enhances the power of small foundation giving by providing donors, trustees, and staff of member foundations with peer learning opportunities, targeted tools and resources, and a collective voice in and beyond the philanthropic community.

Catamount Institute - Colorado Springs, CO
Volunteer and Service Learning Coordinator

Catamount Institute inspires ecological stewardship through education and leadership; consciously connects people with nature.

Children's Literacy Center - Colorado Springs, CO
Mother Moon Service Scholarship Program

The Children's Literacy Center builds lives of success through a foundation of literacy. In Colorado Springs, the Children's Literacy Center administers the Mother Moon Service Scholarship Program of The Leighty Foundation.

Leadership Pikes Peak - Colorado Springs, CO
Women's Community Leadership Initiative

Leadership Pikes Peak cultivates vital and diverse community trustees by building awareness and commitment to the ideal that people who live and work here are responsible for the community; by fostering, renewing, and sustaining those who accept this responsibility to hold the community in trust to both serve and lead; by empowering people with the knowledge and tools to effect change and build community.

Metro Volunteers/DOVIA - Denver, CO
Congress of Volunteer Administrator Association

Metro Volunteers mobilize and cultivate volunteers as a vital force in the metro Denver area.

MOPS International, Inc - Denver, CO
Area Coordinator Training Event

MOPS International nurtures mothers of preschoolers by meeting her distinct needs to the glory of Jesus Christ.

Pikes Peak Community Foundation - Colorado Springs, CO
Staff Education and Venetucci Farm Volunteer Management Program

Pikes Peak Community Foundation advances community philanthropy in the Pikes Peak region.

Uncharted Waters - Colorado Springs, CO
Creation of a Matching Grants Program

Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry is an equipping ministry that enhances the vision of the church by providing sports related resources for the effective communication of the gospel.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado - Denver, CO
2007 Statewide Stewardship Initiatives

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado motivates and enables citizens to be active stewards of Colorado's public lands, thereby creating enthusiastic and beneficial stewardship of Colorado's natural and cultural resources.

Direct Charitable Activities

Jane Leighty Justis trains and works in the promotion of philanthropy and volunteer management. Bill Leighty assists research in energy policy. Both serve relevant organizations and present their work at conferences.

2007 Contributions

Earth Protection

Education

Health, Peace, and Human Community

Promotion of Philanthropy

Spirituality

Volunteerism

Women's Interests